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SHOE. APPucATloN man MAR. 2o. 191s.

Inyenr; Jzz'ram Jolden,

SIA'IES:v PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM HOLDEN, E MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SHOE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Au". 8, 1916.

, Application ledMarch 20, 1916. Serial No. 85,502.

To all y11; hom it may concern Be it known that I, HIRAM HOLDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manchester,.\New Hampshire, have invented cerof shoes to augment the leather and increase edge of the leather.

thegvorking area of the material without in i any way wealehning or marring the appearance of the fin hed shoe.

An improved marginal strip of this gen-l eral design and purpose is disclosed inmy co-pending. application,- Serial No. 64,741, allowed January 20th,`191(3, of whichthis present invention is an improvement. The purpose of this marginal strip is to afford an increased area and a strengthened working edge, thus minimizing the amount of expensive leather needed.Y

A further object of the inventionconsists in providing such la form of marginahstrip as will be inexpensive to make and will possess the necessary strength and wear resist'- ing qualities. 1l j With these and other objects in ligiew the invention consists in the c0n1binati( n"and arrangement of parts hereinafter morte fully set forth in the following specification, illus-s trated in the accompanying drawing anu pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing: Figure 1 showsva portion of an upper with one embodiment of -the present invention attached thereto.` Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of a partially completed welted shoe, which includes an upper construction as shown by Fig. 1. Fig.

3 is a fragmentary plan view of the marginal strip and ,stitching attached to the Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail edge view showing the form of stitching used.

In Fig. 1' of the drawing, 1 represents the upper of a shoe in flat condition before the heel end is closed and comprises a vamp 2 and toe optip 3. The improvement, which -constitutes thegpresent invention, consists of a relatively narrow strip 4 of material extending around the edge of the leather vamp. This strip of material consists of a border of crimped or corrugated paper firmly secured to the edge of the leather by means of a continuous row of zig zag stitches 6, which pierce the edge of the leather and extend transversely across the area of the paper strip 4 to a point immediately beyond its outer edge. Here at this point a horizontal` row of lock stitching 7 is provided which prevents the zigzag stitches 6 from becoming unraveled in case of a severanceof the thread at either end. The ro,w of lock stitching further provides "protection along the edge of the paper strip \4 and furnishes a strong tangible edge to the marginal strip.

The purpose of this strip of kmaterial is to afford an increased area coextensive with the' leather providedwith an edge which will be strong and capable ofresisting effectively the strain to which it is normally subjected as the pull over clamps of the lasting machine stretch the upper over the last previous to the soling or welting process. It

will be understood that the paper strip 4 is 4 not intended to withstand the strain and wear but that it merely affords a Suitable support of sufficient strength for holding the row of stitches 6 in place. The strip"4 need not be necessarily corrugated paper but any suitable thin flexible material may be substituted therefor, such as sized cloth or the like. It is not necessary that the strip 4 berglued or fastened to the leather by a separate step, as the inner edge of the stitches 6 piercing both the leather and the paper will sufiicefor this purpose. The advantage gained hy having the strip 4 of paper in corrugated form is that it will more readily adjust itself to places of curvature in the for- ,after the strip 4 has been utilized in pulling over the vamp 2, when the shoe is of wclted construction, and the upper has beenv secured by the usual inseam stitches `8\ to the inner sole 9 and welt l0, the projectingrportion of the strip 4 may be cut away or trimmed o' in the usual manner, the leather portion' being of such area that-its edges requirepractically no trimming at all.

The stitches '6 may be provided with thread of any desired size or textile strength, and, as previously stated, the material of the strip 4 may also be varied to meet the special requirements for-different kinds of stock.

Having thus described my invention what Iv claim is i 1, A shoe upper comprising a body portion of leather and an edge portion coextensive therewith, said edge portion comprising a relatively narrow strip of material, and a row of stitching extending back and forth from adjacent the outer edge of said leather to the outer edge of said strip for securing the strip to said leather.

2. A shoe upper comprising a body portion of leather, a marginal portion co-exten sive therewith, said marginal portion comprising a strip of thin material, and a row of stitching secured to the outer edge of the leather and extending to and beyond the outer ed e of said narrow strip.

3. A soe upper comprising a body portion of leather, a marginal portion co-extensive therewith, said marginal portion com- .-prising a narrow strip and a row of stitchlng extending from adjacent the edge of the leather out and around the outer edge of said narrow strip, said row of stitching being formed with a row of lock stitches at its outer edge.

4. A shoe upper comprising a body portion of leather, a marginal portion (zo-extensive therewith, Said marginal portion Com prising a narrow strip of corrugated material and a row of stitching extending through the outer marginal portion of the leather portion and the inner marginal portion of said strip at the inner edge of the row and around the out-er marginal portion of said strip.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

HIRAM HOLDEN.

`Witnesses Rouun'r LAING, ANNIE M. THNNANT. 

